Blank-depository



(No Model.)

C. A.. BIEDER..

BLANK DEPOSITORY.

No. 363,083M Patented May 17, l1887.

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ITE AYES CYRUS A. BIEDER, OF ANTHONY, KANSAS.

BLANKMDEPosii-ORY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,083, dated May 17,1887.

Application filed February 19, 1887. Serial No. 28,233. (No model.)

To all whom 4it may concern:

Be it known that I, OYRUs A. BIEDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Authony, in the county of Harper and State of Kansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Blank-Depositories, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in blanlQdepositories, ortile-cases for circulars or blanks, such as are used in every office tocontain circulars, bill-heads, printed letters of information, Smc.

In the drawing hereto annexed, the figure shows a perspective view of myimproved depository or case with the door open, and adapted `for use ina post-office, showing the names of the different circulars used fordifferent purposes.

Referring to the drawing, in which similar letters denotecorrespondingparts, A desig nates the body of the ease, having the grooves a onopposite sides thereof to receive the shelves B, formed of any thinniaterialnsuch as sheet-iron, glass, or wood-and the space above eachshelf is numbered on the edge of the box close to the said shelf. 4

The door C is provided with a series of grooves or lilies, c, tocorrespond with the shelves in the box, and above each groove or line isa number corresponding to that of the shelf opposite thereto, andfollowed by the name or use of the circular or blank which is to befound on the shelf bearing the said number. Thus the door is providedwith a complete directory to the contents of the several shelves of thecase, which directory refers by number or letter to the said contents,thus enabling a person wholly unfamiliar with the location ofthecirculars to be used at different times to iind said circulars easilyand quickly,

said unskilled person being thus placed on an equality in point ofrapidity of work with a person who has long been engaged in the Salliekind of work who has used the old forms of eascs*simply a row of shelvesor a series of recesses, sometimes called pigeon-holes.

My invention will thus save much valuable time in the selection for useof circulars, 85e., which are continually used in connection with thework of any large oiiice, and especially in connection with the work ofthe Government departments, as the Post-Ofiice, dre.

rIhe shelves are designed to slide out when desired. y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim. and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is`

A case or depository for blanks, comprising the box A, having thegrooves or ways in its sides, and the series of independent removableshelves sliding in the grooves or ways, andthe numbers or letters on thebox opposite each shelf, combined with the door hinged to one side ofthe box, and having on itsinncr face a series 'of lines or groovescorresponding in number and location to the shelves, cach line or grooveon the door having a number orletter corresponding to that of the shelfadjacent thereto, and also such information as will give the natureofthe blank to be found on the shel f, whereby the door when opened willserve asa guide to assist the proper withdrawal of the blank desired, asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CYR'US A. BIEDER.

NVitnesses:

S. E. ADAMS, S. H. Nnsrr.

